This simulation is for an imaginary community bank with 8 branches and a main office. Every year the management team meets to prioritize the technology projects that have been requested for the upcoming year. This year like past years the requests are more than the budgeted amount. IT has its own budget for operations and support but all new work must be paid for out of this annual process. This year the budget amount is $2,500,000. Your job is to identify the criteria for selecting projects and then make the selection on the next tab of the excel document. You must be within the budget amount.

Before allocating dollars you must create the criteria you will use to set priority. Use the Organization Goals, Means, or anything on this page to create your criteria. Identify as few or many as you like Your Criteria is: 1 2 3 4

Prioritize and make recommendations on the Projects below and advise how much budget should be allocated to each project?

1	Create an automated Dashboard with important KPI's and financial information for review
2	Upgrade Mobile Applicaton
3	Convert newly purchased credit card business on our credit card system.
4	Convert from Microsoft Exchange to MS 365 for email and office
5	Update Intranet for all products to improve communication with relationship manager about product offerings
6	Rollout Salesforce CRM for client management
7	Upgrade vendor software level from Pro to Enterprise
8	Insource call center and call center reps from an outside vendor to internal employees.
9	Convert to a new brokerage platform
10	E Statement Project
11	Automate loan approval process and implement better controls
12	Rollout Pilot Teller System to 2 branches
13	Conduct an IT security review and development and implement an improvement plan
14	Upgrade money movement system
15	Annual update of software for regulatory changes
16	Improve Integration between benefit systems
17	Implement a new Trust System
18	New Website
19	Move applications to the Cloud
20	Implement system audit recommendations